What is england?

Welcome to the homepage of the 'What is England?' photography project. The project is taking place in 2010 and is curated by Stuart Pilkington.

NorthumberlandStuart Forster

Tyne and WearKatherine Wildman

DurhamGary Shrimpling

ClevelandCarl Mole

North YorkshireTim Morris

CumbriaMarcus Doyle

LancashireGrant Hodgeon

MerseysideStuart Rayner

Greater ManchesterChristian Howarth

West YorkshireAndrew Moynehan

South YorkshireDavid Short

HumbersideDean Gillon

LincolnshireDavid Ryle

NottinghamshireGavin Kemp

DerbyshireAndy Greaves

CheshireRobin Mellor

ShropshireEdward Newton

StaffordshireStephanie Rushton

West MidlandsJonathan Cherry

East MidlandsAndrew Jackson

WarwickshireEmily Graham

LeicestershireJamie Standbridge

RutlandNico Morgan

NorthamptonshireOli Kellett​CambridgeshireCaroline Hancox

The 50 photographers mentioned either side are taking part in the project and each of them will be representing one of the 50 counties in England. Their brief is to represent their own style of photography as well as their nominated county. Some live in the county they represent and some are discovering or rediscovering it for the first time.

On 1st March 2010 the photographs in response to 'Person' will be published on the site. On 1st May the responses to 'Group' will be published, 1st July 'Work', 1st September 'Play', 1st December 'Urban' and lastly 1st February 2011 the word 'Rural'.

The photographers have complete freedom as to how they respond to the above-mentioned assignments. And hopefully by the end of 2010 the 300 images submitted over the course of the year will help to answer the brief 'What is England?'.

If you would like to contact the project please e-mail Stuart using the contact page or if you would like updates on the project please feel free to follow the What is England? Twitter.